I was curious if anyone has found a site yet? I'm watching Lovely Complex and it's all in Kansai. I was thrown off a little (studying Japanese, upper beginner) at the differences. Although reading some of the posts have put a lot into perspective. The ya and hen, makes a lot of it make sense. But I would love to look deeper into.

Until one has heard non-native speakers of English attempting to speak some particular dialect of English, I don't think one can realize what utter asses we must sound like when we try to be too-cool-for-the-room by insisting on inflicting half-assed renditions of some Japanese dialect on our hosts.

You don't need a foreigner's attempt. It's bad enough hearing a native from a different region make the attempt. I feel like slapping a yankee in the face when they give me the Hidey ho partner. That is NOT a southern or Texan greeting.

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Mike Cash wrote:Until one has heard non-native speakers of English attempting to speak some particular dialect of English, I don't think one can realize what utter asses we must sound like when we try to be too-cool-for-the-room by insisting on inflicting half-assed renditions of some Japanese dialect on our hosts.

Mike Cash wrote:Until one has heard non-native speakers of English attempting to speak some particular dialect of English, I don't think one can realize what utter asses we must sound like when we try to be too-cool-for-the-room by insisting on inflicting half-assed renditions of some Japanese dialect on our hosts.

I've met a number of Japanese students of English who were trying to specialize in a specific region's dialect. Actually, it's not surprising since unlike Japanese, there is no standard dialect for English. Most of the ones I've seen study the American dialect. The English dialect seems to be the second most common. Outside of those 2, I've only known 1 that's studying the Canadian dialect, but that's mostly because he lives in Canada. Then again, I could probly assume the girl I met with the Australian husband would be studying the Australian dialect.